Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs MediaTek Helio G35

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs MediaTek Helio G35. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and MediaTek Helio G35
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
913477
MediaTek Helio G35
144387
CPU24475052240
GPU30577919256
Memory16298140204
UX19996732687
NanoReview Score913477144387
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
MediaTek Helio G35
n/a
Stability63 %n/a
Graphics Test34 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
MediaTek Helio G35
189
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
MediaTek Helio G35
810
File Compression160.7 MB/s63.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s25.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec36.1 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s0.87 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s7.57 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s10.5 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec30 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec1.65 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 23 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 29 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 43 FPS (Low)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 29 FPS (Low)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) Xiaomi Poco C3 (720x1600)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2300
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 2.2 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Adreno 600 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 8
Total shader 768 32
FLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS 43.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 780 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2400x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x25 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr June, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8350 MT6765G

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

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